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Shak.

To jet upon a prince's right.

Shak.

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.] Wiseman.

3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

Jet, v. t. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

A dozen angry models jetted steam.

Tennyson.

Jet"-black` (?), a. Black as jet; deep black.

||Jet` d'eau" (?), pl. Jets d'eau (&?;). [F., a throw of water. See Jet ||a shooting forth.] A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe ||(especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public ||place or in a garden, for ornament. || ||Jet"e*rus (?), n. (Bot.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which ||are normally green; yellows. || { ||Jet"sam (?), ||Jet"son (?), } n. [F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison.]

1. (Mar. Law) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

2. Jettison. See Jettison, 1.

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Jet"teau (jt"t), n. See Jet d'eau. [R.] Addison.

Jet"tee (-t), n. See Jetty, n. Burke.

Jet"ter (-tr), n. One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

Jet"ti*ness (-t*ns). n. The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant.

Jet"ti*son (?). n. [See Jetsam.]

1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

2. See Jetsam, 1.

Jet"ton (?), n. [F. jeton.] A metal counter used in playing cards.

Jet"ty (?), a. Made of jet, or like jet in color.

The people . . . are of a jetty.

Sir T. Browne.

Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties (#). [F. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]

1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.